Gary Illyes

This is a Beta release. If you find a bug or you have a feature request, feel free to mail the developer.
In order to have your website included in Google News, you will have to <a href="http://www.google.com/support/news/bin/static.py?page=contact_policy.cs" rel="nofollow ugc">suggest it for inclusion</a> first.
Some features:
<ul>
<li>Set default values on a dedicated settings page</li>
<li>Set genre, access, language on per article basis</li>
<li>Exclude articles from the sitemap</li>
<li>Ping Webmaster Tools when sitemap is updated</li>
</ul>
Google News related questions? Find answers in the <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/news?hl=en" rel="nofollow ugc">Google News Help Forum</a>

Google XML News Sitemap plugin

This is a Beta release. If you find a bug or you have a feature request, feel free to mail the developer.

JS Morisset

Extends the WordPress Sitemaps XML:
Improve the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate language URLs, news sitemaps, images sitemaps, video sitemaps (requires WPSSO Core Premium for video details) and more.

Include Alternate Languages:
Include <a href="https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/localized-versions#sitemap" rel="nofollow ugc">localized pages for Google</a> (ie. alternate language URLs) from PolyLang and WMPL.
Include Images and Videos:
Optionally include images and videos in the WordPress sitemaps XML. Note that video information requires the WPSSO Core Premium plugin for video details.
Include Post Type Archives:
Include missing post type archive pages in WordPress sitemaps (like the WooCommerce shop page and The Events Calendar events page).
Select Post Types and Taxonomies:
Optionally include or exclude post types and taxonomies from the WordPress sitemaps XML.
Exclude Noindex and Redirected URLs:
Exclude noindex and redirected posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies (categories, tags, etc.), and user profiles pages from the WordPress sitemaps XML.
<h3>WPSSO Core Required</h3>
WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML is an add-on for the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/" rel="ugc">WPSSO Core plugin</a>, which creates extensive and complete structured data to present your content at its best for social sites and search results – no matter how URLs are shared, reshared, messaged, posted, embedded, or crawled.

WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap

Extend the WordPress sitemaps XML with article modification times, alternate languages, news sitemaps, image sitemaps, and video sitemaps.

Google XML News Sitemap plugin vs WPSSO WP Sitemaps XML with News, Image, and Video Sitemap